Payers ranked by CEO-to-worker pay ratios

Health insurance leaders were paid up to 370 times more than their respective median employee in 2024, according to recently filed proxy statements.

Payers ranked by CEO-to-worker pay ratios:

1. Elevance Health CEO Gail Boudreaux
   CEO to worker pay ratio — 370:1
   Annual CEO compensation: $20.5 million
   Annual compensation for median employee: $55,372
   
   
2. UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty
   CEO to worker pay ratio — 348:1
   Annual CEO compensation: $26.4 million
   Annual compensation for median employee: $75,778
   
   
3. CVS Health President and CEO David Joyner
   CEO to worker pay ratio — 299:1
   Annual CEO compensation: $18.2 million
   Annual compensation for median employee: $60,917
   
   
4. Cigna Group CEO David Cordani
   CEO to worker pay ratio — 279:1
   Annual CEO compensation: $23.3 million
   Annual compensation for median employee: $83,483
   
   
5. Molina Healthcare CEO Joseph Zubretsky
   CEO to worker pay ratio — 268:1
   Annual CEO compensation: $21.9 million
   Annual compensation for median employee: $81,906
   
   
6. Centene CEO Sarah London
   CEO to worker pay ratio — 224:1
   Annual CEO compensation: $20.6 million
   Annual compensation for median employee: $91,902
   
   
7. Humana CEO Jim Rechtin
   CEO to worker pay ratio — 195:1
   Annual CEO compensation: $16.2 million
   Annual compensation for median employee: $82,778